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11 schools in Co. Louth · 2025/26

pupils
5,869
junior infants
660
in all-Irish schools
0
class teachers · 1 gained one · 1 lost one since 2024/25
252 +23 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 10 schools with figures for both years had 5,240 pupils in 2015/16 and have 5,294 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

+1.0%
Over 10 years

4 grew · 4 steady · 2 fell · 1 newer

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  1. St Marys Parish Primary School Drogheda
    967 −11.0%
  2. Scoil Mhuire na nGael Dundalk
    624 −9.6%
  3. St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School DroghedaDEIS
    575 From 2018/19
  4. St Josephs N S DundalkDEIS
    574 +10.4%
  5. C.B.S. Primary DundalkDEIS
    524 +18.8%
  6. Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha Blackrock
    503 +19.5%
  7. Réalt na Mara School Dundalk
    467 +6.1%
  8. St Pauls Senior NS DroghedaDEIS
    466 +5.7%
  9. S N Tulach Aluinn Tullyallen
    411 −9.5%
  10. Presentation Convent DroghedaDEIS
    385 +19.9%
  11. Rathmullan N S DroghedaDEIS
    373 −12.4%
School Pupils Since 2015/16 Average class Class teacherschange on 2024/25 Junior infants
St Marys Parish Primary School Drogheda, Co. Louth · Roll 20205G 967
−11.0%
24.2 40 118
Scoil Mhuire na nGael Dundalk, Co. Louth · Roll 19598V 624
−9.6%
23.1 26 72
St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School Drogheda, Co. Louth · Roll 20508B DEIS 575 – 22.8 25 55
St Josephs N S Dundalk, Co. Louth · Roll 19673J DEIS 574
+10.4%
21.6 26 61
C.B.S. Primary Dundalk, Co. Louth · Roll 17195M DEIS 524
+18.8%
24.7 +121 63
Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha Blackrock, Co. Louth · Roll 15285D 503
+19.5%
26.2 19 68
Réalt na Mara School Dundalk, Co. Louth · Roll 20339E 467
+6.1%
23.0 19 74
St Pauls Senior NS Drogheda, Co. Louth · Roll 19678T DEIS 466
+5.7%
22.8 20 0
S N Tulach Aluinn Tullyallen, Co. Louth · Roll 17726R 411
−9.5%
23.1 −217 38
Presentation Convent Drogheda, Co. Louth · Roll 00851C DEIS 385
+19.9%
22.6 17 46
Rathmullan N S Drogheda, Co. Louth · Roll 19479N DEIS 373
−12.4%
16.6 22 65
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Distances are straight lines, not travel routes. Pupil numbers and class sizes: Department of Education, 2025/26. Change is over 10 years, since 2015/16. Average class size counts mainstream classes only, and there's one class teacher for each mainstream class. Totals cover every school in the results, not just those shown.